Books like The pearl thief by Elizabeth Wein

In 1943 Copenhagen, ten‑year‑old Annemarie Johansen helps her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen escape Nazi persecution, learning courage and resilience while navigating war‑time hardships.

A lonely orphan girl on the Yorkshire moors befriends a disabled cousin and unlocks the secrets of a hidden garden.

A nine‑year‑old girl named Ada escapes her abusive home amid World War II, joining her brother in London’s evacuation; she learns to ride a pony, reads, and finds a new family with Susan Smith while watching for German spies.

In 1941 Lithuania, fifteen‑year‑old Lina and her family are deported by the Soviets to a Siberian labor camp; through art and resilience they endure brutal conditions and strive to survive the long journey ahead.

In World War II, four refugees—descendants of a Royalist, a German Jesuit, a Jewish family, and a Polish munitions factory worker—board the doomed MV Wilhelm Gustloff in a desperate bid for survival.

Mary Balogh’s historical romance follows Fleur, a young woman who survives on the London fringe, as she navigates forbidden desire, danger, and social expectations while working as a governess.

A 1943 British fighter pilot crash-lands in Nazi‑occupied France and recounts her daring escape, espionage, and friendship to a young French woman while concealing her true mission.

Sophie Winters survives an attack that kills her best friend Mina—and must hunt the killer while proving she is no longer an Oxy addiction victim.

Young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, a notorious women’s concentration camp. In that brutal setting, she discovers hope through the loyalty, bravery, and friendship of her fellow prisoners.

During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, 17‑year‑old Hanneke secretly trades black market goods while grieving her boyfriend’s death and shielding her parents from the harsh reality of wartime life.

When the mysterious stalker "A" reveals their knowledge of the girls’ hidden crimes, four high‑school seniors confront new threats that could destroy their lives and reputations.

During a hot English summer, old friendships and hidden tensions surface at a funfair, leading five friends into the night’s darkest moment.

A young Jewish girl chronicles her life in pre‑war Vienna, detailing the friendship that keeps her alive as persecution rises.

Eleven‑year‑old Albanian heroine Zana faces the 1999 Kosovo conflict while remembering her father’s warning against letting hate fill her heart.

In late‑1960s Louisiana, a white and a black high‑school football player form an unlikely friendship, confronting segregation, prejudice, and the harsh realities of a changing society.

In a thrilling young‑adult adventure, a friendly gorilla named Sally Jones travels from the docks of Lisbon across the seas to clear her friend, sailor Henry Koskela, who has been falsely accused of murder.

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong investigate a mysterious illness at a family party in 1930s England, uncovering secrets and confronting consequences.

Erich Levi fights prejudice as Nazi power grows in Germany, facing unfair school treatment and social exclusion, while loyal friends and family stand by him. He clings to hope and his faith amid growing danger.

Seventeen‑year‑old Max, his girlfriend Parvati, and best friend Pres start Liars, Inc., a scheme of note‑forging and deception that promises quick money but soon escalates into danger when Pres asks Max to cover for him.

"Pearl Nolan always wanted to be a detective but life, and a teenage pregnancy, got in the way of a police career and instead she built up a successful seafood restaurant in her coastal home town of Whitstable - famous for its native oysters. Now, at 39, and with son Charlie away at university, Pearl finds herself suffering from empty nest syndrome ... until she discovers the drowned body of local oyster fisherman Vinnie Rowe, weighted down with an anchor chain, on the eve of Whitstable's annual oyster festival. Is it a tragic accident, suicide - or murder? Pearl seizes the opportunity to prove her detection skills and discover the truth but she soon finds herself in conflict with Canterbury city police detective, Chief Inspector Mike McGuire. Then another body is discovered - and Pearl finds herself trawling the past for clues, triggering memories of another emotional summer more than twenty years ago." --